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    http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=66



    [SIZE="4"]RP must choose between producing and importing automobiles - AmCham[/SIZE]
    By Ma. Elisa P. Osorio (The Philippine Star)
    Updated August 12, 2010 12:00 AM



    MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines must choose between producing vehicles in the country or importing vehicles before crafting any new regulation in order to better support the auto industry.

    In an interview, John Forbes, American Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (AmCham) legislative committee chairman, said that in order to make the Philippines an attractive automobile manufacturing hub, there must be certain policies especially when it concerns the importation of used vehicles.

    “There will be no real progress in the industry unless the smuggling of vehicles is eliminated,” Forbes said adding that there are reports that imported used vehicles are still on sale in the country. “The Philippines can’t have both smuggling and car production.”

    The country has already missed the boat of opportunity in the industry because the government could never get the correct policy,” Forbes stressed.

    For instance, he said that exports of locally produced vehicles are very small. He noted that the Philippines exports about 3,000 vehicles while the neighboring countries are able to export so much more.

    He said that although a strong domestic market is necessary, it is not enough in order to attract big car makers to locate or expand their assembly plants here.

    For his part, Benjamin Sevilla, executive director of the Philippine Automotive Competitiveness Council Inc. (PACCI) said that Ford Motor Philippines, the lone exporter of vehicles in the country, is willing to expand their capacity should the government decide to increase the incentives given to car manufacturers who will be exporting their vehicles.

    Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has echoed the same sentiment in a separate interview saying that their planned expansion of their Laguna plant will be dependent on the incentive scheme given by the government. TMP is proposing a production based incentive.

    “Given the right level of incentives, the members of PACCI are willing to expand their capacity,” Sevilla said.

    This is the reason why the industry is welcoming the decision of the Board of Investments (BOI) to create a new Motor Vehicle Development Plan (MVDP) specifically for exporters. He said this will help industry players in their bid to ramp up local production.

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    I don't see any good in importing (smuggling) used vehicles.

    Although it's a different case for the sports car grey market.

    Hope they make the right decision.

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    unang-una ang car manufacturer sa atin walang comprehensive na suporta galing sa ating gobyerno.

    pangalawa - ang pinoy aminin man natin o hindi meron pa rin yung tinatawag na mental coloniality pagdating sa mga produkto. pag gawang pinoy ini-isnab.. pag imported ay siya nag-uunahan... imported eh.

    Dito sa bansang aming pinagta-trabahuan ang saging ay masyadong papolar dahil malalaki at magaganda a ng kalidad saan galing ito walang iba sa Pinas.

    dito rin wala ka masyadong makitang imported na sasakyan karamihan gawa nila at sila rin ang tumatangkilik.

    Naalala ko yung dating program ng mga naunang administrasyon, yung "Tangkilikin ang Sariling Atin"

    Problema kasi sa ating byurukrasya ang Pinoy ang siyang sumira at pumapatay sa industriyang Filipino gaya ng "car manufacturing". Papano makakapagkompetensya ang ating lokal na pagawaan kung pinapayagan ng pamahalaan ang pang-angkat ng "2nd hand" na mga sasakyan.
    Last edited by shakatak70; August 12th, 2010 at 05:58 PM.

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    The problem is what the correct level of support should be. If we really want to be competitive, the government will have to bend over backwards to allow these factories to be cost competitive with our ASEAN neighbors.

    Without the artificial tariff barriers, the competitiveness of our local industry now relies upon subsidy and tax breaks to make it work.

    I doubt our auto industry will recover. We simply don't have the market volume.

    But I'm optimistic about Aquino. Not because he's doing anything radical, but because he's changing things which would seem to be commonsense, but which nobody else has tackled. Fix the corruption and red tape that hamper local business development and there's a chance that we will have more local manufacturers here (even if they are foreign-owned) within the next few years.

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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    Tama ka dyan Shakatak70!!!!! Hindi pa kaya ng pilipinas gumawa ng sariling sasakyan dahil hindi naman kaya ng gobyerno suportahan ito. Masyadong over corrupt ang mga nasa gobyerno, gusto nila sila lang makikinabang.

    Noong panahon ni MARCOS suportado ng gobyerno ang local na producto ng Pilipinas kaya kunti lang ang imported dati (pero gusto ko parin ang imported)

    Siguro mahihirapan ang mga Auto industries na pumasok sa pilipinas para dito gumawa ng kanilang mga sasakyan kasi maraming mga buwaya sa gobyerno ang hihingi at grabe ang UNION sa Pilipinas (welga dito welga doon). Napag-iwanan na talaga tayo ng ibang bansa dahil wala tayong matino na LEADER

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    IMO, puwede naman pagsabayin ang importasyon at ang paggagawa ng mga sasakyan (foreign based or local manufacturing) sa bansa. Ang kailangan lang ay ang tamang regulasyon na manggagaling sa gobyerno.

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    Mas maganda yung export-based industry. Even if walang local demand, puwede naman i-export. Manufacturing creates more local jobs, kaysa ibigay mo ibang bansa yung trabaho na iyan. Do you think importing is good? Look at the US, lahat ng trabaho nila nasa China ngayon...
    Last edited by Monseratto; August 12th, 2010 at 07:31 PM.

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    I just wonder how Ford Philippines could afford to build and export the Focus given the current situation.


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    Ford Philippines makes money from exporting cars and car components to other countries in Asia.

    http://www.ford.com.ph/servlet/Conte...YPage&site=FPH

    Ford Philippines celebrated the expansion of its export program in January to include the 2.0L and 1.8L cylinder head for the I4 Ford engine destined for Taiwan. The cylinder heads are completely machined in the Philippines at the Ford Sta. Rosa Plant.

    MANILA, Philippines – October 16, 2007 – Ford Philippines today celebrated the export milestone of 50,000 units shipped from its Santa Rosa production facility, just five years after the export program commenced in 2002. Ford is the first auto manufacturer in the Philippines to reach this export milestone, underscoring the success of Ford's strategy in the Philippines as a production and export hub for the ASEAN region.

    The Santa Rosa facility produces the Ford Focus and Escape, and the Mazda 3 and Tribute, and exports to ASEAN markets that include Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Over the five year period, revenues for Ford's vehicle exports total more than US$635 million.

    To date, a total of US$270 million has been invested in the Santa Rosa plant to build and sustain its competitiveness as a world-class production facility. This includes the recent investment in an engine plant, which helps serve the parts requirements of the vehicle production operations.

    When Ford started its export program in 2002, vehicles sales in the five ASEAN markets of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam were 1,279,000 units. All of these markets, excluding Vietnam, are expected to completely eliminate tariffs by 2010, and ASEAN regional sales are estimated to reach 2,100,000 units, or a growth of 64 percent.
    Let's see if surplus importers will put that kind of money into our ecnomy...
    Last edited by Monseratto; August 13th, 2010 at 04:16 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monseratto View Post
    Let's see if surplus importers will put that kind of money into our ecnomy...
    How would they? They're importing, not exporting.

    Yet, surplus importers create jobs, dealership networks and advertising revenue that helps move the economy along. They're not categorically any worse than the dozens of companies who set up shop here and "officially" sell motor vehicles.

    And that includes Ford. They may export the Focus, but they import everything else.

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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